Who/What Kudos
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School of Medicine
2022 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers Gregory Bergey, Xinzhong Dong, Rajini Rao, Douglas Robinson and Antony Rosen join more than 500 researchers inducted into the 2022 class of AAAS fellows. Gregory Bergey is a professor of neurology and the director of the Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center. Neuroscientist Xinzhong Dong studies the genetic and molecular biology roots of itch and pain. Rajini Rao is a professor of physiology and director of the graduate program in cellular and molecular medicine. Cell biologist Douglas Robinson is founding director of Johns Hopkins’ Summer Academic Research Experience, and Careers in Science and Medicine Initiative. Antony Rosen is the vice dean for research and director of inHealth. Becoming an AAAS fellow is one of the highest distinctions in the global science community, and it recognizes both achievements in science and scientific integrity. Read more.
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Vice President, Clinical Operations, Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
American College of Physicians President Elect
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Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
2022 Health Services Leadership Award
Since 1993, the Boy Scouts Baltimore Area Council has honored extraordinary healthcare leaders with the annual Health Services Awards for their outstanding leadership and contributions to improving the quality of life in Central Maryland and who best exemplify the values found in the Scout Oath and Law. Congratulations to Sherita Golden for receiving the 2022 Health Services Leadership Award. -
Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Department of Medicine
Associate Professor and DEI Initiative Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Recognition from White House
Kudos to Risha Irvin, associate professor and associate vice chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine, who presented at the White House about resources to support the newly proposed Hepatitis C Elimination Program. Dr. Irvin was part of a meeting of health care and government stakeholders convened Aug. 23, 2022, by Francis Collins, acting science advisor President Joe Biden, to discuss the national strategy to eliminate the hepatitis C virus. -
Presented with Daisy Award, Howard County General Hospital
Jocelyn Stoyer, Maternal Child Unit, is HCGH's latest DAISY award winner. Stoyer was recognized by a first-time mother who was struggling with breastfeeding. The mother said, "Jocelyn listened to me when I explained my experience and immediately knew what tools/support would help me. She stayed in my room for quite a while helping me to get my baby to latch and just talked to me. She truly made all the difference in my breastfeeding journey and I wonder if we would have been successful without her intervention.
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The Daily Record recognizes Maryland’s Top 100 Women as high-achievers who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring. Among the 2022 winners, who selected by past Top 100 Women and business leaders, are: Lisa Ishii, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Lisa Maragakis, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Jeanette Nazarian, Howard County General Hospital; Hadley Wesson, School of Medicine; and Marketa Wills, Johns Hopkins Health Plans LLC. Congratulations to the Top 100 Winners, who will be honored at an awards celebration on May 9, 2022.
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Presented with MedChi President's Award
The Maryland State Medical Society, also known as MedChi, is honoring Paul B. Rothman, M.D., dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, with its 2022 President’s Award for his "extraordinary achievements and exceptional leadership of Johns Hopkins Medicine." This award is chosen by the MedChi president and presented annually to acknowledge the contributions of those who embody MedChi’s mission in service of physicians, patients, and the public health of Maryland. -
Named Chief Nursing Officer, Howard County General Hospital
After a national search process, HCGH announces the appointment of Dr. Ron Langlotz, DNP, RN, as vice president of nursing/chief nursing officer. As such, Langlotz is responsible for inpatient nursing, Emergency Services, Women’s and Children’s Services, Ancillary Services, Clinical Education, and patient care staffing and operations.
Having served in this role in an interim capacity since Oct., Langlotz will continue to lead important patient care initiatives and the hospital’s pandemic response.
For the last 24 years, Langlotz served The Johns Hopkins Hospital in a variety of settings, most recently as the director of Medical Nursing and Radiology Nursing.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Career Transition Award, National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyMarjan Gharagozloo, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, received the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Career Transition Award. This career transition award is focused on testing whether a mitochondrial innate immune sensor, NLRX1, plays a critical role in astrocytes and microglia during neuroinflammation. The proposed studies could further validate a novel glial cell mechanism underlying chronic inflammation and neurodegeneration in MS.
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U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Phase 2 Challenge Winner, U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration
The multidisciplinary team, led by Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H., associate vice chair of pediatric ambulatory quality at the Children’s Center, was honored for its innovative approach to improving key pediatric health performance measures, including the number of well-child visits, well-child disparities and vaccination doses of specific immunizations.
The $25,000 award earned from the achievement will support the ongoing efforts of Hopkins Community Connection (HCC), a program in both clinics that links patients and families to essential resources and services such as food, housing, child care and employment. HCC undergraduate student volunteer advocates and community health workers help clinical staff members address families’ financial needs, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Burn Fellowship Program Director; Association Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Maryland Board of PhysiciansJulie Caffrey, D.O., who was recently appointed to the Maryland Board of Physicians. Dr. Caffrey is one of 11 practicing licensed physicians on the Board and will serve for two years.
Members are appointed by the governor under the advisement of the Secretary of the Department of Health. As a board member, Dr. Caffrey will help establish qualifications for licensure, as well as investigate complaints against licensees and take action against the license of those who fail to maintain Maryland’s high standards of medical care.
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David Robinson Professorship in Vestibular Neurology, Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund, Maryland Department of Commerce
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology received a $1.8 million award for the David Robinson Professorship in Vestibular Neurology through the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund, administered by the Maryland Department of Commerce. Spearheaded by David Newman-Toker, professor of neurology, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director, Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, the professorship will support a highly innovative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial diagnostic medical technology-focused research program. The program establishes a unique approach to the diagnosis of stroke and other neurological disorders through advanced eye movement detection systems.
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Stroke Center Receives Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, American Heart Association
Congratulations to the Stroke Center for receiving the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
The award recognizes the Stroke Center team for meeting quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. In addition to following treatment guidelines, staff also provide education to patients to help them manage their health and rehabilitation once at home.
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Center of Excellence for Pediatric Pancreas Care, National Pancreas Foundation
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has been nationally recognized as an approved National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) Center of Excellence for the care and treatment of pancreatitis. The Children’s Center is one of 16 pediatric medical centers in the U.S. to receive the distinction.
The Children’s Center’s Pediatric Pancreas Center, which is overseen by pediatric gastroenterologist Kenneth Ng, opened in 2019 to diagnose and treat a variety of pancreatic conditions, including acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. The center is one of only a few academic centers in the U.S. that offer total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT), an up to 10-hour transplant procedure to alleviate the pain of young patients with a failing pancreas. Led by Ng, pediatric surgeon Daniel Rhee and pediatric endocrinologist Kristin Arcara, a team of pediatric providers and staff members from gastroenterology, surgery, endocrinology, radiology, anesthesia and critical care medicine, radiology, nutrition, social work and child life are involved in the TPIAT program.
By earning NPF recognition, the Children’s Center joins The Johns Hopkins Hospital, which was previously named an NPF Center of Excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatitis as well as pancreatic cancer. Both Johns Hopkins Hospital programs recently received renewed designations as NPF Centers of Excellence.
The National Pancreas Foundation recognizes centers of excellence after a rigorous audit review to determine that an institution’s focus is on the multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatitis. The criteria include having the required expert physician specialties such as gastroenterologists, pancreas surgeons and interventional radiologists, along with more patient-focused programs such as a pain management service, psychosocial support and more.
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Senior Medical Director, Physician Alignment and Integration
2021 Leading Women, The Daily RecordSarah Johnson Conway was named one of The Daily Records 2021 Leading Women. The Daily Record’s Leading Women awards honor women who are 40 years of age or younger for the accomplishments they have made so far in their careers. Winners were selected for the honor based on their professional experience, community involvement and commitment to inspiring change. Congratulations to Sarah on this honor.
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Senior Vice President
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Johns Hopkins MedicineSuzanne Sawyer, senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, has been recognized as one of The Top 100 Women We Admire in Health Care of 2021. Before joining Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sawyer was a Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, and before that a Vice President of Portfolio Marketing at IBM Watson Health. Earlier in her career, she worked with the National Wildlife Federation as a Director of Institutional & Individual Development. Sawyer graduated from Penn State University with an undergraduate degree in Foreign Service. Congratulations to Suzanne on this honor.
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Senior Vice President for Nursing, Johns Hopkins Health System
Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services, The Johns Hopkins HospitalDeborah J. Baker, DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Senior Vice President for Nursing for the Johns Hopkins Health System and Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services for The Johns Hopkins Hospital, has been selected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. The honor celebrates Dr. Baker’s accomplishments and leadership within the nursing profession, as well as her contributions to advance the public’s health. Dr. Baker is one of just 225 highly distinguished nurse leaders selected to be inducted into the 2021 Class of Fellows, who will be recognized at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in October 2021.
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Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
President, The American Delirium SocietyEsther Oh, M.D., Ph.D., was selected as president of The American Delirium Society for the 2022-2023 term for her work in the field of delirium. The American Delirium Society is an organization dedicated to advancing research and improving care in delirium, and collaborates closely with the European Delirium Association and the Australasian Delirium Association.
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics Best Poster Award, Society for General Internal Medicine 2021 Annual MeetingNancy Schoenborn, M.D., was awarded The Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics Best Poster Award at The Society for General Internal Medicine 2021 Annual Meeting for her poster titled, “Life Expectancy Estimates Based on Comorbidities and Frailty to Inform Preventative Care of Older Adults,” which details the importance of frailty in predicting health trajectories in older adults. The results showed that older adults with the same age and same comorbidity status faced frailty at different levels, which suggest that frailty and comorbidities are independent predictors of mortality.
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
2021 Health Care Heroes, The Daily RecordSeveral Johns Hopkins Medicine employees and teams were recently recognized as 2021 Health Care Heroes by The Daily Record. View the full list of 2021 winners and their respective categories.
- Megan Collins, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Brian Garibaldi, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Nancy Goldstein, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Gabe Kelen, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Well-Being
- Katie O’Conor, M.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Susan Renda, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
- Albert Wu, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research, BrightFocus Foundation and the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and EducationSheila K. West, Ph.D., Pharm.D. received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research from BrightFocus Foundation and the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education for her scientific discovery and excellence. Dr. West’s research in Africa and other locations has heavily influenced the World Health Organization’s guidelines for reducing trachoma, a leading cause of preventable blindness triggered by lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation. The award was delayed by one year because of the pandemic.
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Vice President, Population Health and Advancement, Howard County General Hospital
Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily RecordElizabeth Edsall Kromm, Ph.D., M.Sc., vice president, population health and advancement, at Howard County General Hospital, has been recognized by The Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. Kromm leads population health activities, strategic planning and community engagement efforts for the hospital, and serves as president of the Howard Hospital Foundation. Each year, The Daily Record recognizes women with a commitment to excellence and outstanding professional achievements. The Daily Record received more than 350 nominations. This is the 26th year for the awards.
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Director, Safety and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
James (Jim) Hite has been named director of safety and environmental health at Johns Hopkins Bayview. In this role, he will be responsible for the implementation of the Medical Center’s safety and environmental health management program. He also will provide oversight for compliance with local, state and federal environmental health and safety requirements, as well as initiatives to promote environmental stewardship.
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Associate Director of Development, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily RecordAshley Fennig Marshall has been named as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily Record. Marshall is the associate director of development at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC). In addition to her work with the SKCCC, she serves as an executive council member for United Way of Central Maryland Emerging Leaders United and advocates to reduce the stigma surrounding addiction. Each year, The Daily Record recognizes women with a commitment to their community. The Daily Record received over 350 nominations. This is the 26th year for the awards.
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Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
Grant Recipient, Bisciotti Foundation Translational FundDr. Kumbhari received translational funding for his work developing a nonviral, re-dosable gene therapy to treat Wilson’s disease. The Bisciotti Fund provides $300,000 annually in seed money to advance Johns Hopkins discoveries on a commercial path. Recipients are awarded from $25,000 and $100,000 to conduct their work during a period of up to nine months.
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Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Grant Recipient, Bisciotti Foundation Translational FundDr. Cohen received translational funding for his work developing a CortiTech, an atraumatic brain retractor for minimally invasive neurosurgery. The Bisciotti Fund provides $300,000 annually in seed money to advance Johns Hopkins discoveries on a commercial path. Recipients are awarded from $25,000 and $100,000 to conduct their work during a period of up to nine months.
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Grant Recipient, Bisciotti Foundation Translational FundDr. Li received translational funding for his work developing a fiber-optic multiphoton endomicroscopy capable of noninvasive “optical histology” for basic research use and clinical translation. The Bisciotti Fund provides $300,000 annually in seed money to advance Johns Hopkins discoveries on a commercial path. Recipients are awarded from $25,000 and $100,000 to conduct their work during a period of up to nine months.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine Class of 2021 National Academies of Practice Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine Academy, National Academies of Practice
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) is pleased to announce the election of Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD, MPP, adjunct assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and pain medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a Distinguished Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine Provider & Fellow. Class of 2021 Fellows were welcomed into the National Academies of Practice as part of a virtual awards and induction ceremony on March 20, 2021.
Fellowship in the National Academies of Practice is an honor extended to those who have excelled in their profession and are dedicated to furthering interprofessional practice, scholarship and policy in support of interprofessional care. The central purpose of NAP is to advise public policy makers on health care issues using NAP's unique perspective -- that of expert practitioners and scholars joined in interprofessional dialogue and advocacy.
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Medical Consultant, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Distinguished Watkins-Saunders Award, American Heart AssociationMyron “Mike” Weisfeldt, M.D., has been a leader in advancing diversity at Johns Hopkins since the early 1970s and is the 2021 recipient of the American Heart Association’s distinguished Watkins-Saunders Award for the commitment to overcoming disparities.
The Watkins-Saunders Award is named for two cardiologists —Dr. Levi Watkins and Dr. Elijah Saunders — who were in the vanguard of physicians fighting health disparities in Maryland. Dr. Weisfeldt will receive the award during the Heart of Maryland Digital Experience celebration on May 20, 2021 at 12 p.m.
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Special Advisor to the Vice President for Local Government, Community and Corporate Affairs, Johns Hopkins Medicine
2021 Baltimore Sun Business and Civic Hall of FameFasika Woreta, M.D., M.P.H., was awarded the 2020 Women in Ophthalmology Educators Award. The award presented by Women in Ophthalmology recognizes teachers who have consistently provided an exceptionally positive and rewarding experience to medical students, residents and fellows.
Jeanne Hitchcock has been a practicing attorney, small business owner, and has served in executive management positions in the private, corporate and nonprofit sectors. Prior to joining Hopkins, she held two cabinet level posts in the administration of Maryland’s Governor Martin O’Malley, and she previously served as Deputy Mayor of Baltimore City. Jeanne also served for eight years as an assistant attorney general in the office of the Maryland Attorney General. For eight years she was national director of urban market development at The Southland Corporation, owner and operator of 7-Eleven stores. Her experience also includes a tenure as chief operating officer with the national office of the NAACP in Baltimore, Maryland, and as managing partner in her own law firm in Baltimore. She received a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State College and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.
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Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program, Wilmer Eye Institute
Greater Value Portfolio Grant, Donoghue FoundationFasika Woreta, M.D., M.P.H. is the recipient of a Donoghue Foundation Greater Value Portfolio grant to study real-time prescription benefit tools in the electronic health record in order to assess their impact on health outcomes.
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Minogue Award, Maryland Patient Safety Center
The Medication Disposal Program at Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) has been selected as a Maryland Patient Safety Center Minogue Award for Patient Safety Innovation, Circle of Honor recipient. The award is based on the team’s development and implementation of a patient-centered, multi-faceted medication disposal system. The dedicated team includes interdisciplinary leaders across Johns Hopkins Care at Home and Johns Hopkins Health System and was coordinated through the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Opioid Stewardship Clinical Community.
All recipients will be recognized at the 17th Annual Maryland Patient Safety Conference, to be held virtually on April 29, 2021.
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Senior Director of Food and Culinary Services, Johns Hopkins Health System The Power List, Nation's Restaurant News
This year, the industry site Nation’s Restaurant News populated their Power List from readers’ picks of the nation’s top non-commercial food services leaders. Angelo is Johns Hopkins Health System’s Senior Director of Food & Culinary Services and during the pandemic, has partnered across entities to ensure that disruptions in the food supply chain don’t negatively impact our ability to feed our patients, their loved ones and our team members. He has also helped us navigate the logistics of providing food for staff negatively impacted by the pandemic, to ensure that they can feed their families. Angelo is also an important part of extensive efforts to provide free meals for families in the communities we serve. His teams are also focused on the development and implementation of new patient and retail programs to create a culture of quality food for all that they serve.
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Director of the Johns Hopkins Surgery Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research (JSCOR)
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Mara McAdams DeMarco, Ph.D., will assume the leadership role as Director of the Johns Hopkins Surgery Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research (JSCOR).
Dr. McAdams DeMarco is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Surgery with a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. She joined the Department of Surgery as an established researcher and collaborator in 2020. While her research focuses on the intersection of aging and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), she has been highly effective as a multi-RO1 NIH funded researcher, coordinator and mentor for early career investigators. Additionally, she has extensive experience conducting clinical trials to identify interventions to improve patient care outcomes. Her specific leadership goals in JSCOR are to improve and foster the research mentoring of faculty members in the Department of Surgery.
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Division Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Fabian Johnston, M.D., M.H.S., as Division Chief of the newly created Division of Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology.
Dr. Johnston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery. In addition to his new role, he also serves as the Director of the Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program and Program Director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Program. Dr. Johnston received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed residences at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University and earned a Masters in Health Sciences at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Johnston is funded through a K08 career award from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and he is a coinvestigator on multiple PCORI awards. Dr. Johnston’s clinical and research interest include utilization of highly innovative and novel strategies for the implementation of patient-centered models of care to improve utilization of palliative care amongst patients with advanced gastrointestinal malignancies.
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Division Chief, Division of Breast Cancer Surgery
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Jacobs, M.D. as Division Chief of the newly created Divisions of Breast Cancer Surgery.
Dr. Jacobs is an Associate Professor of Surgery and surgical oncologist who specializes in breast cancer and melanoma. After training in General Surgery at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she completed a General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2000. She was recruited to Johns Hopkins in 2004, with an academic interest in clinical trials and she participated in the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, becoming the site Principal Investigator for the Alliance for Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins. She is the surgery representative to the National Clinical Trials Network for the Johns Hopkins Executive Committee and the institutional surgery representative to the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium. Dr. Jacobs serves as the Chair of the Cancer Committee at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and at Howard County General Hospital, which establishes both programmatic and quality improvement goals for cancer care across the health system on a yearly basis.
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Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of SurgeryThe Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Jaclyn Bannon has been promoted to Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center.
Jaclyn has been on the transplant team since October 2007 and has been instrumental in navigating the complex regulatory environment that is part of the organ transplantation world.
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantNate Permpalung, M.D., M.P.H., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Optimizing Diagnostics for Environmentally Acquired Fungal Pneumonia Complicating COVID-19." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Clinical Fellow
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantDavid Gaston, M.D., Ph.D., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Identification in Lower Respiratory Infections." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Director, Division Medical Microbiology
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantKaren Carroll, M.D., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Identification in Lower Respiratory Infections." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantMatthew Robinson, M.D., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "A comprehensive suite of web tools to predict COVID-19 trajectory." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Assistant Professor of Oncology
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantChallice Bonifant, M.D., Ph.D. received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "H84T-BanLec CAR-NK Cells as Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Infection." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Instructor of Neuroscience
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantMaged Mohamed Harraz, M.B.B.Ch., M.Sc., Ph.D. received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Autophagic degradation of ACE2 as a Therapeutic Target in COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Assistant Professor
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantNetz Arroyo, Ph.D., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Point-of-need platform for population-scale monitoring of SARS-CoV-2." The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Assistant Professor of Pathology
Fisher Center Discovery Program GrantMaxim Rosario, D.Phil., M.B. B.CH., B.A.O., M.Sc., Ph.D., received a 2021 Fisher Center Discovery Program grant for "Adoptive NK cell Therapy for Acquired Fungal Infection”. The one-year grant is funded by the The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
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Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program, Wilmer Eye Institute
2020 Women in Ophthalmology Educators AwardFasika Woreta, M.D., M.P.H., was awarded the 2020 Women in Ophthalmology Educators Award. The award presented by Women in Ophthalmology recognizes teachers who have consistently provided an exceptionally positive and rewarding experience to medical students, residents and fellows.
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The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
National Academy of MedicineAlex Kolodkin, Ph.D., is one of four members of Johns Hopkins Medicine who were recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on the connections between neurons and how neural connections are formed during development.
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Program Coordinator, Clinical Informatics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in United Sates Army ReserveMalgorzata Ryan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.
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Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Chair in the History of Medicine
Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award, American College of PhysiciansJeremy A. Greene, M.D., was awarded the 2021 Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award from the American College of Physicians. Dr. Greene receives the award for “outstanding scholarly activities in history, literature, philosophy, and ethics and contributions to humanism in medicine.”
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President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
2020 Inspire Maryland Business Hall of Fame, Maryland Chamber of CommerceThe 2020 Inspire Maryland Business Hall of Fame award acknowledges outstanding leaders and contributors to the Maryland business community and the community at large, as well as companies that are fueling the talent pipeline by providing training and tools for tomorrow’s leaders. Dr. Miller is the first female president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, who has led successful efforts to expand the world-renowned hospital’s focus on high-value care, and to enhance safety and the patient experience. She’s been called a transformational leader and role model, gifted physician, and skilled communicator who bridges the delivery of health and the business of health with skill and grace.
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Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
2020 Michael Burke, M.D., Mentorship Award, Maryland Chapter, American Academy of PediatricsThe Michael Burke, M.D., Mentorship Award is given to a Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (MDAAP) member who exhibits excellent mentoring skills, teaching skills, models empathy and kindness, and advocates for medical students, physicians-in-training, and/or young physicians. Dr. Trent is the first recipient of this new MDAAP Chapter award.
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Medical Director, Nephrology Clinic and Acute Dialysis Services, Johns Hopkins Bayview
Appointed to National Kidney Foundation Board of DirectorsSumeska Thavarajah, M.D., Division of Nephrology, has been appointed to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Board of Directors. Dr. Thavarajah served as the medical advisory board chair for NKF of Maryland and Delaware from 2014 to 2020, and has been a board member of the chapter since 2013.
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Vice President, Economic Development, Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Health System
Named to Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders ListAlicia Wilson is among Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders. This recognition program acknowledges emerging leaders ago 40 or under, who have made significant contributions in the areas of innovation and financial, operational and clinical excellence early in their careers.
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American Society of Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) Patient Safety Award
The American Society of Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) recognized Elliott Haut, vice chair of quality, safety, and services, department of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative with the ASHRM Patient Safety Award. This award recognizes organizational excellence in patient safety and celebrates the efforts of risk management professionals in promoting patient safety across the health care enterprise. The VTE Collaborative's novel program uses a comprehensive approach to ensure delivery of defect-free care for VTE prevention. The North American Thrombosis Forum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have recognized them as international leaders in VTE prevention for innovative approaches to optimizing care.
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Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics and Pathology
Named Secretary for Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)Dr. Njoku has been a member of the AUA since 2008, when she began her journey toward a goal of contributing to her academic society. She is a recognized international leader in academic anesthesiology, specifically, induced autoimmune hepatitis, where she formulated a rodent model utilizing knowledge obtained regarding anesthetic hepatitis in patients. In this role she will work with the society's leadership to promote the mission of AUA.
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Ophthalmologist
Promoted to Assistant Professor of OphthalmologyLee Guo, O.D., F.A.A.O., has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology by the Johns Hopkins Medical Faculty Advisory Board. Guo specializes in comprehensive eye care with emphasis on dry eye, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and glaucoma. His specialty and research revolve around dry eye disease and rehabilitation of the ocular surface. Dr. Guo is particularly interested in dry eye procedural treatments including microblepharoexfoliation, intense pulsed light, and both thermal and mechanical expression therapies for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.
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Johns Hopkins Health Plans Receives National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Plan Accreditation
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently audited three of Johns Hopkins Health Plans health plans to determine how well operations align with the priorities of JHCC states, employers and consumers. These results are based on JHCC clinical performance (HEDIS® measures) and consumer experience (CAHPS® measures) and measure how well plans support the proper care of their members, control costs, and adhere to regulations. Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan received a score of Excellent, the highest possible designation. Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs and Priority Partners each scored Commendable. These scores are a testament to the daily diligence of employees across Johns Hopkins Health Plans, and providers throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine, to ensure members get the care they need and make each health plan the best that it can be.
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Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
Named Chief of Inaugural Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children's CenterMaria Trent, M.D., M.P.H., has been named chief of the inaugural Division of Adolescent/ Young Adult Medicine at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Trent has been on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 2001 and serves as the principal or key investigator on multiple research projects. A major focus of Trent's research and clinical interest has been on reducing adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health disparities.
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Medical Director, Critical Care Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program
Honorary Membership, American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)Dale M. Needham, M.D., Ph.D. has been awarded honorary membership with the American Physical Therapy Association. Honorary membership is the highest honor awarded to non-physical therapists by the APTA, acknowledging significant, measurable and profound contributions to the field.
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Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Jackson Memorial Lecture Speaker, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)Michael X. Repka, M.D., has been named this year’s Jackson Memorial Lecture speaker at the annual AAO meeting scheduled for November. Dr. Repka’s talk is titled “Improving Amblyopia Outcomes through Clinical Trials and Practice Measurement.”
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Grant for the Center for Mobile Technologies to Achieve Equity in Cardiovascular Health, American Heart Association
The American Heart Association announced that a Johns Hopkins team, led by Seth Martin and David E. Newman-Toker, received a $2.5 grant to launch the Center for Mobile Technologies to Achieve Equity in Cardiovascular Health. The team’s mission is to leverage mobile and wearable technologies to empower patients and clinicians, enhance quality of care, increase value and improve the diagnosis and management of heart diseases and stroke. The Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence played a key role in the grant submission and will be integral to project completion.
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Investigator
Honored with Benjamin Franklin Medal, The Franklin InstituteJeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D., received the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science for his groundbreaking research on the genetics of the visual system, including the identification of key genes involved in eye development, eye diseases, and color vision. The medal is awarded to visionary scientists whose achievements have made a positive impact on the future.
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Research Scientist
Elected to National Academy of InventorsLaura Ensign, Ph.D.,?has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Fellows represent the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community. Dr. Ensign was elected for outstanding contributions to nanomedicine, drug delivery, and translation of nanotechnologies from the bench to the bedside.
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Ophthalmologist
Promoted to Associate ProfessorYassine Daoud, M.D., has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. A reception will be held in the fall of 2020 to honor newly appointed and promoted associate professors.
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Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Promoted to Associate ProfessorShameema Sikder, M.D., has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Sikder is director of Wilmer’s Center of Excellence for Ophthalmic Surgical Education and Training (OphSET).
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Practice Transition Program Accreditation with Distinction, American Nurses Credentialing Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital's Nurse Residency Program received accreditation with distinction as a Practice Transition Program from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
The ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation Program sets the global standard for residency programs that transition registered nurses into new practice settings.
The good news comes after over a year spent completing the rigorous application process, which included submitting a 600-page self-study document, a survey of currently enrolled and recent graduates of the JHH NRP program, and a virtual site visit with ANCC evaluators.
The JHH NRP program is an invaluable experience for new nurses who are just transitioning from the academic setting of nursing school to the clinical setting as a professional nurse. All new graduate nurses (with six months or less experience) hired at The Johns Hopkins Hospital are automatically enrolled in the year-long nurse residency program, where they receive the practical experience and knowledge to deliver safe, high-quality patient care as well as the tools and support to build their resilience and self-care.